Most users don't even know this type of surveillance exists.

On the internet, it’s easy to feel anonymous. If you don’t log in, no one can see who you are; you can even switch to incognito mode. The more savvy user would say that’s not really enough. To be anonymous, you need to clear your cookies and use a privacy-oriented browser.

But new research shows even that doesn’t work anymore. Websites are still tracking you — silently, persistently, and without your consent — by reading your browser’s unique “fingerprint.”

    • Lemminary@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 days ago

      NoScript

      It will be annoying to use AT FIRST. One you have it set up for all your sites it won’t be so bad.

      • anon5621@lemmy.ml
        1·
        5 days ago

        No script cannot protect u from on websites which require js for work and thus it cannot protect u from creepjs things and so it required to spoof everything from resolution to os fingerprints

        • Lemminary@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 days ago

          Yes, but it blocks many external scripts from running in the first plce. Like, a LOT. Some websites try to pull from 20 external sites when only one or two are needed to run the site’s functionality. You get fine control, and also get the no-JS experience first.

    • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
      61·
      6 days ago

      Thanks, maybe CanvasBlocker will be less breaking than JShelter. By the way, I recommend AdNauseam, which is a uBlock Origin fork that clicks the ads before hiding them (and without loading their results, so it takes no extra data) to confound advertisers with garbage data.